DH Guide: Photoshop (Tutorial 1)

Zardon · Apr 26, 2006, 10:15 PM

Read the guide here
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I had planned to do a few of these last year, but I haven't had the time, but due to numerous emails I receive every month I felt one was in order.

Today im going to take you through one of our system review headers and detail some techniques used to get to the final result. It is a simple exercise and should hopefully be entertaining as well as educational.

bananaman · Apr 26, 2006, 10:22 PM

you make it all sound so easy :P - i think i might even have a try

thanks for the guide Z

Chaos · Apr 26, 2006, 11:08 PM

what a fantastic idea Zardon, I expect the intrest level to be very high among DH members and hope to see some great new signatures created by the members that view your tutorials

Guyver2K5 · Apr 27, 2006, 03:35 AM

thats fuggin awsome!

mainman · Apr 27, 2006, 04:35 AM

Quote:

Justifiably so too I might add - the latest CS2 is one hell of a progam.

I think you mean program. Just helping out. Amazing tutorial and a great idea indeed.

swimtech · Apr 27, 2006, 04:46 AM

That guide was really nice Zardon, perfect intro too for someone like myself who has never messed around in Photoshop - I understood it just fine (except for how to find filter 1745a2...). I was actually wondering this morning how you did the icicles on the text - and here's the answer! Thanks!

wertret · Apr 27, 2006, 08:07 AM

Nice guide Z, now your devoted discipules will want more, keep'em coming

Falstaff · Apr 27, 2006, 10:21 AM

Thanx Allan...

Zardon · Apr 27, 2006, 10:44 AM

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Originally Posted by swimtech

I understood it just fine (except for how to find filter 1745a2...)

that is actually a webcolour "#" - a specific blue in this instance, - if you click on your colour pallete to the left you can select this colour.

Chaos · Apr 27, 2006, 05:06 PM

well here is what i ended up with

Zardon · Apr 27, 2006, 05:25 PM

steve that isnt bad, one quick change you could make is to soften the fade out at the bottom from the blue background image to the black background.

To do this, simply make the backmost layer a black fill. then move the blue image layer right in front of it (above it in the layer menu).

Drag over the area with the selection tool as shown approximately in the image below, then go to select/feather and select for example 25. then hit the delete key on your keyboard with the blue background image layer highlighted, this has the effect of removing/deleting all pixels inside the selection area - therefore allowing more of the black to show,. however the feathering we applied softens the transition. If you dont like how it looks, use history to return to the stage before and try various feathering figures.

IvanV · Apr 27, 2006, 05:27 PM

Thanks Zardon!

I intend to get into this as soon as I finish my exams (in like two years

).

Chaos · Apr 27, 2006, 05:28 PM

cool I will try that when things quiet down here at work

pr0digal jenius · Apr 27, 2006, 05:33 PM

not bad at all steve

...and jeez...i wish I had photoshop at work [although, I'd neglect my customers and take ther pictures and do bad thigns with them]

Chaos · Apr 27, 2006, 06:22 PM

So more like this then

Apr 26, 2006, 10:15 PM	#1
Zardon DriverHeaven Founder Join Date: May 2002 Posts: 32,480 Rep Power: 177	DH Guide: Photoshop (Tutorial 1) Read the guide here _________________________ I had planned to do a few of these last year, but I haven't had the time, but due to numerous emails I receive every month I felt one was in order. Today im going to take you through one of our system review headers and detail some techniques used to get to the final result. It is a simple exercise and should hopefully be entertaining as well as educational.

Apr 26, 2006, 10:22 PM	#2
bananaman banana muncher Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: London Posts: 1,254 Rep Power: 59	you make it all sound so easy :P - i think i might even have a try thanks for the guide Z __________________

Apr 26, 2006, 11:08 PM	#3
Chaos Number Nine Join Date: May 2002 Location: Nova Scotia Posts: 5,269 Rep Power: 165 System Specs	what a fantastic idea Zardon, I expect the intrest level to be very high among DH members and hope to see some great new signatures created by the members that view your tutorials __________________

Apr 27, 2006, 03:35 AM	#4
Guyver2K5 Don't make me hungry. Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Weyburn, Saskatchewan Posts: 4,319 Rep Power: 55	thats fuggin awsome! __________________ *BlackberryPin-*31E36989

Apr 27, 2006, 04:46 AM	#6
swimtech HardwareHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: May 2002 Location: North Carolina Posts: 4,040 Rep Power: 122 System Specs	That guide was really nice Zardon, perfect intro too for someone like myself who has never messed around in Photoshop - I understood it just fine (except for how to find filter 1745a2...). I was actually wondering this morning how you did the icicles on the text - and here's the answer! Thanks! __________________ It's not so much getting your way that matters or not - what matters is how you go about getting it.

Apr 27, 2006, 08:07 AM	#7
wertret Still watching... Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Orihuela (Spain) Posts: 1,560 Rep Power: 0	Nice guide Z, now your devoted discipules will want more, keep'em coming __________________ "They who dream by day are cognizant of many things which escape those who dream only by night."

Apr 27, 2006, 10:21 AM	#8
Falstaff Old Codger Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: USAFA Posts: 19,047 Rep Power: 206	Thanx Allan... __________________ "Inspiration is always a surprising visitor."

Apr 27, 2006, 05:06 PM	#10
Chaos Number Nine Join Date: May 2002 Location: Nova Scotia Posts: 5,269 Rep Power: 165 System Specs	well here is what i ended up with __________________

Apr 27, 2006, 05:25 PM	Thread Starter #11
Zardon DriverHeaven Founder Join Date: May 2002 Posts: 32,480 Rep Power: 177	steve that isnt bad, one quick change you could make is to soften the fade out at the bottom from the blue background image to the black background. To do this, simply make the backmost layer a black fill. then move the blue image layer right in front of it (above it in the layer menu). Drag over the area with the selection tool as shown approximately in the image below, then go to select/feather and select for example 25. then hit the delete key on your keyboard with the blue background image layer highlighted, this has the effect of removing/deleting all pixels inside the selection area - therefore allowing more of the black to show,. however the feathering we applied softens the transition. If you dont like how it looks, use history to return to the stage before and try various feathering figures.

Apr 27, 2006, 05:27 PM	#12
IvanV HH Assassin Guild Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 5,651 Rep Power: 280 System Specs	Thanks Zardon! I intend to get into this as soon as I finish my exams (in like two years ). __________________ Our Folding@home stats:

Apr 27, 2006, 05:28 PM	#13
Chaos Number Nine Join Date: May 2002 Location: Nova Scotia Posts: 5,269 Rep Power: 165 System Specs	cool I will try that when things quiet down here at work __________________

Apr 27, 2006, 05:33 PM	#14
pr0digal jenius Delete Me Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 14,648 Rep Power: 0	not bad at all steve ...and jeez...i wish I had photoshop at work [although, I'd neglect my customers and take ther pictures and do bad thigns with them]

Apr 27, 2006, 06:22 PM	#15
Chaos Number Nine Join Date: May 2002 Location: Nova Scotia Posts: 5,269 Rep Power: 165 System Specs	So more like this then __________________